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22nd February 2024
05:00pm GMT

“I will mention this game from now quite a few times. I promised my team a few months ago that I would never mention or use the Barcelona game as an example and I used it again today so I broke my promise. “Just because before the game, it was kind of similar. Many players missing, stuff like this. The team that time ignored the fact who is missing and I want us to ignore the fact who is missing.“That is difficult because the public got the whole knowledge of who is missing only tonight. It’s like…I needed a few minutes to process it when I got all the news. “But from that moment on, when you know how you can deal with it and sort it for this game, it feels really good. That is what I wanted the boys to show.
“This is an example tonight. This is their Barcelona, now against Luton. A difficult situation, plenty of reasons to give up in moments: not tonight and I saw only a super group fighting.“If you don’t limit yourself with bad thoughts, you can fly. And that’s what the boys did.” The Barcelona game that Klopp was referring to was of course the famous Champions League night in Anfield back in 2019, when Liverpool were 3-0 down on aggregate and needed to beat a side that boasted the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Philipe Coutinho, by four goals. To make an uphill battle even steeper, they had to play the match without their star striker Mo Salah, or the injured Roberto Firmino, but they still managed to pull off the impossible, win 4-0, and go on to lift the European Cup. Join SportsJOE’s WhatsApp community for first access to news, sports updates, and quizzes. Click on this link to receive news and the latest sports headlines directly to your phone. You can leave the group at any time. Related links:
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